Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Green Gold, Housekeeping the Garden, Finally!

1. Fresh green beans from the garden drizzled with garlic infused olive oil. Every drop is worth its weight in gold. For tomorrow's dinner, I have something in mind for the white balsamic vinegar...can't wait!
2. The sweetest sound: Granddaughter's voice on the phone to me, "Hi Nonni, Hi Nonni!"
3. Crawled around the tomato plants on my hands and knees and got all the weeds pulled out of the garden. It is a gratifying effort.
4. The promise of cooler air has finally been fulfilled. It comes with evening, a definite cool breeze for which my spirits soar. We all agree to turn off the A/C and open the windows tonight.

"The world is fairly studded and strewn with pennies cast broadside from a generous hand. But who gets excited by a mere penny?...It is dire poverty indeed when a man is so malnourished and fatigued that he won't stoop to pick up a penny. But if you cultivate a healthy poverty and simplicity, so that finding a penny will literally make your day, then, since the world is in fact planted with pennies, you have with your poverty bought a lifetime of days. It is that simple. what you see is what you get."